He has obv been told not to pass backwards or to the GK. I admire that he tries not to, but sometimes he needs to just play the simple pass.
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Player Archie Gray
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It's a tough one. Having Forster, Davies and Sarr as his nearest options is a fair step down from Vicario, van de Ven and Maddison.
I kept waiting for him to pull out one of his trick plays but he was super conservative tonight.
I don’t think he’s a right back let alone a left back. I like his attitude though, he puts in a good shift and I feel like there’s something there with him. He’s just not yet found a position to excel in.
Because we need to rotate our LB.
Players, especially younger ones often get played in positions they don't consider to be their best - eg. Kulusevki has always said he's best played in the centre but has had at lease one full season playing at RW. Just as Gray has only played a few professional games at CM - 90% of his time at Leeds he played RB
Gray will get his chances as a DM/CM, even if its next season. But the experience of playing LB and RB will help him playing there..
the overlap for werner around 80 mins he puts a lovely ball in with his weak foot for solanke. unreal technique that.
his problem is hes so good technically that managers just think he can play anywhere then lol. the kid more than deserves a chance to start a game in his actual position. hes a midfielder not a fullback.
his problem is hes so good technically that managers just think he can play anywhere then lol. the kid more than deserves a chance to start a game in his actual position. hes a midfielder not a fullback.
Ive seen nothing to suggest he’s a midfielder, not quick enough on the turn or on his feet IMO but lest see when he gets a chance
From what I’ve seen, more chance of developing as a cb
Ange said that he is coaching him to play as a full back for him to improve defensively in a previous match, probably the case here
I think with Bentancur's domestic ban, and the "Games Coming Thick & Fast"©™ we might finally see Gray at CM rotated with Sarr and Bissouma more regularly ...
hell end up a CB at the back end of his career i think, too good of a footballer to play there while he has gas in his legs.
hes not a FB thats for sure. doesnt deal well with standing up to wingers one v one. would be nice to see him play in midfield with the first team around him when he does get the chance and not all the fringe.
I thought he was our MOTM yesterday.
I absolutely hate some of our ‘fans’
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I wouldn’t say hate, but I do wonder if some have ever played a decent level of football
Think he's just putting a silver lining on the fact that he has no other option right now tbh.
I have a better option, Grey as CB and Davies as LB, plain and simple. I hate inverted full-backs.
12th march 2006.
Of course they haven't........ LOL
Virtually none of them will have.
I thought he really struggled
Roma kept targeting his side in the second half
The amount of times they got in behind and played a simple ball across goal for a chance
The two disallowed goals for example
It's not an age thing. I think if we actually put him further up the pitch he can have a more positive impact on the side now. Look at him on the ball and the fact he cannot 1v1 defend at full back and looks completely lost without the ball there. I'd bet my fucking life that the moment you play him in a more advanced less exposed position you will see a completely different player. Ange is getting this so wrong imo and it's detrimental to the side defensively.